Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate elections results in 2017 outside the party headquarters in New Delhi.
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Why India’s Election Is Among the World’s Most Expensive
Many live on about $3 a day, but the race could cost even more than the 2016 U.S. elections.
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The world’s biggest democracy will soon hold what’s likely to be one of the world’s costliest elections. India’s six-week-long vote will span the Himalayan range in the north, the Indian Ocean in the south, the Thar desert in the west and the mangroves of the Sundarbans in the east.